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Thousands on one chip: New Method to study Proteins

The human genome and those of most common crops have been decoded for many years. Soon it will be possible to sequence your personal genome for less than 1000…

Health & Medicine

Heat for wounds – water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) assists wound healing

The results of 7 clinical studies (the largest study with 400 patients) about water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) for wound healing have been published on…

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BaBeDa – Battery-free acceleration data logger

BaBeDa is a passive energy self-sufficient data logger for detection and documentation of shock events. A piezoelectric element is used as an acceleration sensor, since it – depending on the magnitude of the acceleration – produces electrical signals during a shock. These electrical signals are used both as a measurement signal and as power source for the circuit, which stores the data concerning the shock event. BaBeDa can be used in particular for shock detection in shipping. In the packing stations and logistics centers each BaBeDa chip can be read out to determine whether a packet was transported properly or not.
For this purpose BaBeDa can already be integrated into a packing during its production. Multiple usage is possible. Since BaBeDa is energy self-sufficient, there are no restrictions on the use of time. Because of the simple technique BaBeDa is compact, suitable for mass production and therefore also very cost effective.
A German patent application has been filed at the DPMA. On behalf of the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, we offer the opportunity of licensing and further development of the technology to interested companies.

Life & Chemistry

Building Better Batteries: The Future of Energy Storage

Forget mousetraps — today's scientists will get the cheese if they manage to build a better battery.

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells: Unlocking How They Exit the Bloodstream

When white blood cells need to get to the site of an infection, they can exit the bloodstream via a process called diapedesis. In diapedesis, the white blood…

Earth Sciences

Peatlands at Risk: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Carbon Storage

Rising sea-levels linked to global warming could pose a significant threat to the effectiveness of the world's peatland areas as carbon sinks, a new study has…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Chromosome Stability During Interphase

“Interphase” refers to the period in the cell cycle in which chromosomes spend most of their time. During this phase, in between mitoses, chromosomes live…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Drive Technology: Exploring Its Future Impact and Potential

Gene drives have the potential to revolutionize approaches to major public health, conservation, and agricultural problems.

Physics & Astronomy

3D-Printed Optical Lenses Smaller Than A Human Hair

3D printing revolutionized the manufacturing of complex shapes in the last few years. Using additive depositing of materials, where individual dots or lines…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights into Clandestine Black Hole Population

For about two decades, astronomers have known about an object called VLA J213002.08+120904 (VLA J2130+12 for short). Although it is close to the line of sight…

Life & Chemistry

New Algorithm Enhances Spectra Detection in PRIDE Archive

A new algorithm clusters the millions of peptide mass spectra in the PRIDE Archive public database, making it easier to detect millions of consistently…

Physics & Astronomy

Newborn Star Hosts Unique Ring of Organic Molecules

Astronomers have long known that organic molecules form in diffuse gas clouds floating between stars. It is thought that as the Solar System formed 4.6 billion…

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International Conference ‘GEO BON’ Wants to Close Knowledge Gaps in Global Biodiversity

The first conference of this kind was initiated by GEO BON, an international organisation which concerns itself with monitoring and collating global…

Life & Chemistry

Freiburg Biologists Uncover Function of Pentagone Cells

How do the cells in a human embryo know where they are located in the body and how they should develop? Why do certain cells form a finger while others do not?…

Earth Sciences

ChemCam Reveals Mars’ Oxygen-Rich Past Through Manganese Oxides

The discovery of manganese oxides in Martian rocks might tell us that the Red Planet was once more Earth-like than previously believed. A new paper in Geophysical Research Letters…

Physics & Astronomy

Uncovering Perovskite’s Unique Features for Superconductors

Perovskite is a material with an almost ideal structure. The majority of high-temperature superconductors are perovskite-based due to their non-ideal…

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